20 For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard
to righteousness. 21 But what fruit were you getting at that time from the
things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death. 22 But
now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the
fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life. 23 For the
wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus
our Lord. (Romans 6:20-23 (ESV)
“The wages of Sin is death, but the free gift of God is
eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Once again Paul does a compare and
contrast between Sin and Christ. Sin equals death, righteousness equals life. People
don’t seem to draw the connection here between death and sin. Death doesn’t
happen without sin. Death is evidence of sin. Your mortality is evidence of
your sin. The mortality of your children is evidence of their sin. Or perhaps
we could carry on here in the theme of this passage, Sin doles out death to
those who serve him, to those he owns. But Christ dying for our sins, gives us
eternal life, gives to those who belong to him eternal life when he makes them
righteous.
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